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Ah yes, sturdiness is another magical quality of lightning that is under-appreciated. I've never had a lightning cable end break, or a lightning port wear out,

Ah yes, sturdiness is another magical quality of lightning that is under-appreciated. I've never had a lightning cable end break, or a lightning port wear out, the device is long obsoleted by that point. Another problem I had with USB-C, is that just because it fits physically, doesn't actually mean it will work since what's inside the cable can be dramatically different. In my personal life: - the Nintendo Switch uses a proprietary USB-C interface for the power brick, they somehow feed ethernet internet through it - thunderbolt docks need thunderbolt USB-C cables. And there's thunderbolt 2,3,4. - my magsafe phone charger uses a USB-C end, but needs to be plugged into a special power brick to get full power This is actually... somewhat worse because now I have multiple USB-C cables that all have a different purpose that I can't tell apart from a glance (because the connectors are all the same!)

quitit 3y ago
This isn't spoken about so much, but you raise a long-standing complaint about the C type connector. Not all cables allow all functions, some devices require higher bandwidth, some require more power. Typical examples are displays, storage and external hardware such as GPUs. Apple do label their type-C cables with the logo of the standard it supports, but for most consumers they're not going to be immediately familiar with this approach, especially as lightning just works for anything that it can be plugged into. This is a bit of a dated article, but the points it makes still largely stand - people are going to run into some of these problems and not understand why they're happening. Imagine a scenario where you can plug a vacuum into a power socket, only to discover that it doesn't work - your first assumption will be that the vacuum is broken, and not an obscure standards mismatch. https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-need-to-know/ https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-n...

quitit 3y ago

This isn't spoken about so much, but you raise a long-standing complaint about the C type connector. Not all cables allow all functions, some devices require higher bandwidth, some require more power. Typical examples are displays, storage and external hardware such as GPUs. Apple do label their type-C cables with the logo of the standard it supports, but for most consumers they're not going to be immediately familiar with this approach, especially as lightning just works for anything that it can be plugged into. This is a bit of a dated article, but the points it makes still largely stand - people are going to run into some of these problems and not understand why they're happening. Imagine a scenario where you can plug a vacuum into a power socket, only to discover that it doesn't work - your first assumption will be that the vacuum is broken, and not an obscure standards mismatch. https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-need-to-know/ https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-n...